December 2019
December 31, 2019 Know the Game
Take the Video Game Aptitude Test from 1999 (Part 2)
Episode #14 - Cyril Lachel is back for the second episode of the VGAT: Video Game Aptitude Test, a grueling 160 question quiz first published in the December 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. This trivia con...
December 30, 2019 Know the Game
Take the Video Game Aptitude Test from 1999 (Part 1)
Episode #13 - Join Cyril Lachel as he attempts to take the VGAT: Video Game Aptitude Test, a grueling 160 question quiz first published in the December 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. This trivia contest c...
December 27, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Worst Reviewed Games of 2002
Episode #28 - The year is 2002 and I'm still trying to figure out which one is Ecks and which one is Sever. This was also the year when television viewers fell in love with a barely-coherent Anna Nicole Smith, Mich...
December 24, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best Reviewed Games of 2002
Episode #27 - The year is 2002 and Spider-Man just became the first movie to gross $100 million in a single weekend. This was also the year when Kelly Clarkson won the very first American Idol, Ben Affleck was name...
December 23, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams ... (Saturn)
Episode #82 - Kids today have no idea how good they have it. From Fortnite to Dead or Alive 6, all of the biggest games are falling over themselves to get into the Christmas spirit. But that's not how it was when I...
December 20, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Worst Reviewed Games of 2001
Episode #26 - The year is 2001 and things are not looking good for the Dreamcast. This was also the year when Mariah Carey decided that she can act, Fear Factor dumped a bunch of roaches on Stephen Baldwin and Nick...
December 17, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best Reviewed Games of 2001
Episode #25 - The year is 2001 and fantasy is dominating the box office with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Shrek. This is also the year when regular people became globetrotters in The Amazing Race, Apple laun...
December 16, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Final Fight 2 (Super NES)
Episode #81 - It's hard to believe that it has been exactly thirty years since Capcom introduced the world to Mike Haggar and his struggles to clean up Metro City. Final Fight was more than just another fun beat 'e...
December 13, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Worst Reviewed Games of 2000
Episode #24 - It's the year 2000 and no, it's not the new millennium yet. This is the year when John Travolta wore ugly dreadlocks in Battlefield Earth, MTV Cribs rudely invaded celebrity homes and the Baha Men bra...
December 10, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best Reviewed Games of 2000
Episode #23 - The year is 2000 and a naked guy on a beach is about to become the first Survivor. This is also the year when Sony released the best-selling game system ever made, OutKast apologizes to Ms. Jackson a ...
December 09, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm (S...
Episode #80 - After being a dominate force throughout the 1980s, side-scrolling shoot 'em ups were in a weird place in 1994. The genre had largely been pushed out of the arcades by one-on-one fighting games and con...
December 06, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Worst Reviewed Games of 1999
Episode #22 - The year is 1999 and Napster is breaking the music industry at a speed of 56K. This is also the year when three documentary filmmakers found the Blair Witch, Blind Date proved that meeting new people ...
December 03, 2019 EGM Best & Worst
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best Reviewed Games of 1999
Episode #21 - The years is 1999 and there's a real chance civilization will crumble due to the Y2K bug. This is also the year when Jon Stewart took over for Craig Kilborn as the host of The Daily Show, Star Wars fa...
December 02, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Judge Dredd (PlayStation)
Episode #79 - When you go to list off actors who have played Judge Dredd, I'm sure the names Sylvester Stallone and Karl Urban immediately come to mind. But what about Richard Waters? He was the star of Acclai...